Introduction to Symplectic Topology (Oxford Graduate Texts in Mathematics) - Softcover

McDuff, Dusa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198794908 ISBN 13: 9780198794905

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2017

Synopsis

Over the last number of years powerful new methods in analysis and topology have led to the development of the modern global theory of symplectic topology, including several striking and important results. The first edition of Introduction to Symplectic Topology was published in 1995. The book was the first comprehensive introduction to the subject and became a key text in the area. A significantly revised second edition was published in 1998 introducing new sections and updates on the fast-developing area. This new third edition includes updates and new material to bring the book right up-to-date.

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About the Author

Dusa McDuff, Professor of Mathematics, Columbia University,Dietmar Salamon, Professor of Mathematics, ETH Zurich

Dusa McDuff was born in London, UK, in 1945. She studied Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh (B. Sc. (Hon) in 1967), at Cambridge University (Ph. D. in 1971, supervised by G.A. Reid), and also at Moscow University (1968-69 with I.M.Gelfand). After a postdoc in Cambridge, she lectured at the Universities of York and Warwick, before taking up a position in SUNY, Stony Brook, USA in 1978. She moved to Barnard College in 2008.

Dietmar Salamon was born in Bremen, West Germany, in 1953. Studied Mathematics at the Universities of Hannover and Bremen from 1971 to 1978. PhD in Mathematics at the University of Bremen in 1982 under the supervision of Didi Hinrichsen. Postdoc positions at UW Madison and ETH Z urich from 1983 to 1986. Lecturer, Reader, and Professor at the University of Warwick from 1986 to 1998. Professor at ETH Zurich since 1998.

Review

"A most welcome resource for graduate students entering the field... The book has been updated in many places, so that it also continues to serve as a reference work for specialists. The attentive reader will discover many other helpful details that have been added to this third edition." -- Hansjorg Geiges

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0198794908
• ISBN 13: 9780198794905
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 640